Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best
Young Teachers in
America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
How to Shallow Your Club in Transition for Better Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the proper arm movement that keeps the club on a shallower path
- Identify how to maintain hand position to improve club face alignment
- Recognize the difference between pulling down and allowing the club to drop
In this drill, you'll learn how to keep your hands high while lowering the club during the transition, a key concept for improving your swing path and contact. This adjustment can help you avoid common problems like steep swings and poor shot outcomes.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.040
This drill is hand-high, club-low in transition, so a lot of golfers struggle
2
00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:11.700
with this concept of shallowing out the club in transition, and from the arm's
3
00:00:11.700 --> 00:00:15.320
point of view, shallowing out the club in transition does a whole lot of really
4
00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:19.600
good things for the golf swing. Chris Como, Dr. Kwan, but Chris Como is the
5
00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:19.760
first
6
00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:24.200
person who kind of explained it to me. He has a great video on YouTube with
7
00:00:24.200 --> 00:00:28.440
Sasha McKenzie talking about this hand path that we talk about. So in order to
8
00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:33.320
set up that hand path, you need to have this shallowing move from the arms in
9
00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:36.720
transition. And all that means is let's say that my hands are going to be
10
00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:37.120
pulling
11
00:00:37.120 --> 00:00:43.160
kind of on a line like this, right? Well, so if I have this club here, my hands
12
00:00:43.160 --> 00:00:48.280
were going like this, then the club head would be on a slightly shallower line
13
00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:53.440
like so. And what'll happen is if this club is on a slightly shallower line,
14
00:00:53.440 --> 00:00:58.560
and you build up all this speed and then you kind of pull in or your body goes
15
00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:03.000
into that bracing that I talk about, it will cause that club to want to line up
16
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.960
and it actually helps square the club face. So if you're having a trouble with
17
00:01:07.960 --> 00:01:15.340
getting steep in transition and hitting pulls or fades or fat shots, this can
18
00:01:15.340 --> 00:01:15.520
be
19
00:01:15.520 --> 00:01:21.600
a big piece of the puzzle. So a lot of golfers struggle with these arms
20
00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:25.320
basically going like this. If I take my body out of it, the arms basically
21
00:01:25.320 --> 00:01:25.600
going
22
00:01:25.600 --> 00:01:30.920
like this in transition. So what we're trying to do is have them go more like
23
00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:36.370
this. Now if you notice, when I do so, my hands pretty much stay in place and
24
00:01:36.370 --> 00:01:36.440
the
25
00:01:36.440 --> 00:01:42.560
club head drops closer to the ground or low. As opposed to if I was to pull my
26
00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.100
hands down, the club head stayed high and my hands got low. So this is kind of
27
00:01:47.100 --> 00:01:47.120
the
28
00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:53.360
the sister drill to the down versus out because a lot of golfers have been
29
00:01:53.360 --> 00:01:57.480
taught or told to pull down on the handle and unfortunately that can create
30
00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:01.880
the steepening of the arm path and then you'll have to do some stuff with your
31
00:02:01.880 --> 00:02:06.200
body in order to try to shallow it out. Whether that would be kind of standing
32
00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:11.680
up or releasing your wrist. Those were two big kind of shallowing moves that
33
00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:18.960
will accompany usually the steep transition. So similar to a pump drill, I'm
34
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:19.240
just
35
00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:23.880
going to let the club almost try to get horizontal and a lot of golfers have a
36
00:02:23.880 --> 00:02:27.080
have trouble kind of visualizing this because it doesn't look like a golfer
37
00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:33.960
does that. Now if I do that same movement but so there's the hand staying
38
00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:37.440
high and I'm basically just taking my left arm and dumping it like this or I'm
39
00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:42.080
taking my right shoulder and bringing it more in front of my chest. Kind of
40
00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:42.200
like
41
00:02:42.200 --> 00:02:47.320
that. So a lot of golfers will say well it doesn't look like they do that on TV
42
00:02:47.320 --> 00:02:51.360
and I'll say yes but the reason it doesn't look that is because their pivot is
43
00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:56.920
very different. So because they're increasing their flex, they're kind of
44
00:02:56.920 --> 00:03:01.920
bringing their chest slightly closer to the ground as they go into this kind of
45
00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:06.920
rotational phase right. If I was to have my arms steep during that it would
46
00:03:06.920 --> 00:03:07.080
bring
47
00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:11.560
the club way out here. So if I do that movement and have a very good body
48
00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:16.000
movement, the club ends up looking like it's moving on plane. So the club
49
00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:20.360
itself may not look that different compared to the golf ball but it'll look
50
00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:26.080
very different compared to your body. So the way that I tend to have golfers
51
00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:31.320
start with this is using more of a broken transition. So they'll go up, drop it
52
00:03:31.320 --> 00:03:36.510
down to there and then see if they can find a way to make somewhat solid
53
00:03:36.510 --> 00:03:37.000
contact
54
00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:41.680
from there. And then it's gonna take five or ten balls just to even find the
55
00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:46.240
ground. In fact, before hitting the golf ball I would recommend trying to hit
56
00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:51.560
the ground. If you're used to kind of a clunky contact like this and then you
57
00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:56.440
start adding this piece, oftentimes what you'll find is you'll have a hard time
58
00:03:56.440 --> 00:04:00.160
hitting the ground if you're still standing up. So it's a good kind of bridge
59
00:04:00.160 --> 00:04:05.160
drill for working on getting this really good transition and then requiring you
60
00:04:05.160 --> 00:04:10.640
to stay in better posture through the hit. So you can do it with or without
61
00:04:10.640 --> 00:04:10.960
balls
62
00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:15.780
and your goal is to kind of do this broken transition and then go and then
63
00:04:15.780 --> 00:04:22.120
work your way into making it as as one movement as you can. This has been one
64
00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:22.280
of
65
00:04:22.280 --> 00:04:26.080
my more helpful drills for helping people really learn how to shallow out this
66
00:04:26.080 --> 00:04:30.330
club during transition. So you're gonna keep your hands up high as the club
67
00:04:30.330 --> 00:04:30.560
goes
68
00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:34.640
low and most of this lowering is gonna come from what the body is doing,
69
00:04:34.640 --> 00:04:39.080
not by pulling down with the arms. So hopefully that helps you with your
70
00:04:39.080 --> 00:04:41.920
transition issues.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.040
This drill is hand-high, club-low in transition, so a lot of golfers struggle
2
00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:11.700
with this concept of shallowing out the club in transition, and from the arm's
3
00:00:11.700 --> 00:00:15.320
point of view, shallowing out the club in transition does a whole lot of really
4
00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:19.600
good things for the golf swing. Chris Como, Dr. Kwan, but Chris Como is the
5
00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:19.760
first
6
00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:24.200
person who kind of explained it to me. He has a great video on YouTube with
7
00:00:24.200 --> 00:00:28.440
Sasha McKenzie talking about this hand path that we talk about. So in order to
8
00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:33.320
set up that hand path, you need to have this shallowing move from the arms in
9
00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:36.720
transition. And all that means is let's say that my hands are going to be
10
00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:37.120
pulling
11
00:00:37.120 --> 00:00:43.160
kind of on a line like this, right? Well, so if I have this club here, my hands
12
00:00:43.160 --> 00:00:48.280
were going like this, then the club head would be on a slightly shallower line
13
00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:53.440
like so. And what'll happen is if this club is on a slightly shallower line,
14
00:00:53.440 --> 00:00:58.560
and you build up all this speed and then you kind of pull in or your body goes
15
00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:03.000
into that bracing that I talk about, it will cause that club to want to line up
16
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.960
and it actually helps square the club face. So if you're having a trouble with
17
00:01:07.960 --> 00:01:15.340
getting steep in transition and hitting pulls or fades or fat shots, this can
18
00:01:15.340 --> 00:01:15.520
be
19
00:01:15.520 --> 00:01:21.600
a big piece of the puzzle. So a lot of golfers struggle with these arms
20
00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:25.320
basically going like this. If I take my body out of it, the arms basically
21
00:01:25.320 --> 00:01:25.600
going
22
00:01:25.600 --> 00:01:30.920
like this in transition. So what we're trying to do is have them go more like
23
00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:36.370
this. Now if you notice, when I do so, my hands pretty much stay in place and
24
00:01:36.370 --> 00:01:36.440
the
25
00:01:36.440 --> 00:01:42.560
club head drops closer to the ground or low. As opposed to if I was to pull my
26
00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.100
hands down, the club head stayed high and my hands got low. So this is kind of
27
00:01:47.100 --> 00:01:47.120
the
28
00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:53.360
the sister drill to the down versus out because a lot of golfers have been
29
00:01:53.360 --> 00:01:57.480
taught or told to pull down on the handle and unfortunately that can create
30
00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:01.880
the steepening of the arm path and then you'll have to do some stuff with your
31
00:02:01.880 --> 00:02:06.200
body in order to try to shallow it out. Whether that would be kind of standing
32
00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:11.680
up or releasing your wrist. Those were two big kind of shallowing moves that
33
00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:18.960
will accompany usually the steep transition. So similar to a pump drill, I'm
34
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:19.240
just
35
00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:23.880
going to let the club almost try to get horizontal and a lot of golfers have a
36
00:02:23.880 --> 00:02:27.080
have trouble kind of visualizing this because it doesn't look like a golfer
37
00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:33.960
does that. Now if I do that same movement but so there's the hand staying
38
00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:37.440
high and I'm basically just taking my left arm and dumping it like this or I'm
39
00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:42.080
taking my right shoulder and bringing it more in front of my chest. Kind of
40
00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:42.200
like
41
00:02:42.200 --> 00:02:47.320
that. So a lot of golfers will say well it doesn't look like they do that on TV
42
00:02:47.320 --> 00:02:51.360
and I'll say yes but the reason it doesn't look that is because their pivot is
43
00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:56.920
very different. So because they're increasing their flex, they're kind of
44
00:02:56.920 --> 00:03:01.920
bringing their chest slightly closer to the ground as they go into this kind of
45
00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:06.920
rotational phase right. If I was to have my arms steep during that it would
46
00:03:06.920 --> 00:03:07.080
bring
47
00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:11.560
the club way out here. So if I do that movement and have a very good body
48
00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:16.000
movement, the club ends up looking like it's moving on plane. So the club
49
00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:20.360
itself may not look that different compared to the golf ball but it'll look
50
00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:26.080
very different compared to your body. So the way that I tend to have golfers
51
00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:31.320
start with this is using more of a broken transition. So they'll go up, drop it
52
00:03:31.320 --> 00:03:36.510
down to there and then see if they can find a way to make somewhat solid
53
00:03:36.510 --> 00:03:37.000
contact
54
00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:41.680
from there. And then it's gonna take five or ten balls just to even find the
55
00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:46.240
ground. In fact, before hitting the golf ball I would recommend trying to hit
56
00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:51.560
the ground. If you're used to kind of a clunky contact like this and then you
57
00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:56.440
start adding this piece, oftentimes what you'll find is you'll have a hard time
58
00:03:56.440 --> 00:04:00.160
hitting the ground if you're still standing up. So it's a good kind of bridge
59
00:04:00.160 --> 00:04:05.160
drill for working on getting this really good transition and then requiring you
60
00:04:05.160 --> 00:04:10.640
to stay in better posture through the hit. So you can do it with or without
61
00:04:10.640 --> 00:04:10.960
balls
62
00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:15.780
and your goal is to kind of do this broken transition and then go and then
63
00:04:15.780 --> 00:04:22.120
work your way into making it as as one movement as you can. This has been one
64
00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:22.280
of
65
00:04:22.280 --> 00:04:26.080
my more helpful drills for helping people really learn how to shallow out this
66
00:04:26.080 --> 00:04:30.330
club during transition. So you're gonna keep your hands up high as the club
67
00:04:30.330 --> 00:04:30.560
goes
68
00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:34.640
low and most of this lowering is gonna come from what the body is doing,
69
00:04:34.640 --> 00:04:39.080
not by pulling down with the arms. So hopefully that helps you with your
70
00:04:39.080 --> 00:04:41.920
transition issues.
Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of
Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.
How to Shallow Your Club in Transition for Better Shots
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Feel the proper arm movement that keeps the club on a shallower path
- Identify how to maintain hand position to improve club face alignment
- Recognize the difference between pulling down and allowing the club to drop
In this drill, you'll learn how to keep your hands high while lowering the club during the transition, a key concept for improving your swing path and contact. This adjustment can help you avoid common problems like steep swings and poor shot outcomes.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.040
This drill is hand-high, club-low in transition, so a lot of golfers struggle
2
00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:11.700
with this concept of shallowing out the club in transition, and from the arm's
3
00:00:11.700 --> 00:00:15.320
point of view, shallowing out the club in transition does a whole lot of really
4
00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:19.600
good things for the golf swing. Chris Como, Dr. Kwan, but Chris Como is the
5
00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:19.760
first
6
00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:24.200
person who kind of explained it to me. He has a great video on YouTube with
7
00:00:24.200 --> 00:00:28.440
Sasha McKenzie talking about this hand path that we talk about. So in order to
8
00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:33.320
set up that hand path, you need to have this shallowing move from the arms in
9
00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:36.720
transition. And all that means is let's say that my hands are going to be
10
00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:37.120
pulling
11
00:00:37.120 --> 00:00:43.160
kind of on a line like this, right? Well, so if I have this club here, my hands
12
00:00:43.160 --> 00:00:48.280
were going like this, then the club head would be on a slightly shallower line
13
00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:53.440
like so. And what'll happen is if this club is on a slightly shallower line,
14
00:00:53.440 --> 00:00:58.560
and you build up all this speed and then you kind of pull in or your body goes
15
00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:03.000
into that bracing that I talk about, it will cause that club to want to line up
16
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.960
and it actually helps square the club face. So if you're having a trouble with
17
00:01:07.960 --> 00:01:15.340
getting steep in transition and hitting pulls or fades or fat shots, this can
18
00:01:15.340 --> 00:01:15.520
be
19
00:01:15.520 --> 00:01:21.600
a big piece of the puzzle. So a lot of golfers struggle with these arms
20
00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:25.320
basically going like this. If I take my body out of it, the arms basically
21
00:01:25.320 --> 00:01:25.600
going
22
00:01:25.600 --> 00:01:30.920
like this in transition. So what we're trying to do is have them go more like
23
00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:36.370
this. Now if you notice, when I do so, my hands pretty much stay in place and
24
00:01:36.370 --> 00:01:36.440
the
25
00:01:36.440 --> 00:01:42.560
club head drops closer to the ground or low. As opposed to if I was to pull my
26
00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.100
hands down, the club head stayed high and my hands got low. So this is kind of
27
00:01:47.100 --> 00:01:47.120
the
28
00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:53.360
the sister drill to the down versus out because a lot of golfers have been
29
00:01:53.360 --> 00:01:57.480
taught or told to pull down on the handle and unfortunately that can create
30
00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:01.880
the steepening of the arm path and then you'll have to do some stuff with your
31
00:02:01.880 --> 00:02:06.200
body in order to try to shallow it out. Whether that would be kind of standing
32
00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:11.680
up or releasing your wrist. Those were two big kind of shallowing moves that
33
00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:18.960
will accompany usually the steep transition. So similar to a pump drill, I'm
34
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:19.240
just
35
00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:23.880
going to let the club almost try to get horizontal and a lot of golfers have a
36
00:02:23.880 --> 00:02:27.080
have trouble kind of visualizing this because it doesn't look like a golfer
37
00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:33.960
does that. Now if I do that same movement but so there's the hand staying
38
00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:37.440
high and I'm basically just taking my left arm and dumping it like this or I'm
39
00:02:37.440 --> 00:02:42.080
taking my right shoulder and bringing it more in front of my chest. Kind of
40
00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:42.200
like
41
00:02:42.200 --> 00:02:47.320
that. So a lot of golfers will say well it doesn't look like they do that on TV
42
00:02:47.320 --> 00:02:51.360
and I'll say yes but the reason it doesn't look that is because their pivot is
43
00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:56.920
very different. So because they're increasing their flex, they're kind of
44
00:02:56.920 --> 00:03:01.920
bringing their chest slightly closer to the ground as they go into this kind of
45
00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:06.920
rotational phase right. If I was to have my arms steep during that it would
46
00:03:06.920 --> 00:03:07.080
bring
47
00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:11.560
the club way out here. So if I do that movement and have a very good body
48
00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:16.000
movement, the club ends up looking like it's moving on plane. So the club
49
00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:20.360
itself may not look that different compared to the golf ball but it'll look
50
00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:26.080
very different compared to your body. So the way that I tend to have golfers
51
00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:31.320
start with this is using more of a broken transition. So they'll go up, drop it
52
00:03:31.320 --> 00:03:36.510
down to there and then see if they can find a way to make somewhat solid
53
00:03:36.510 --> 00:03:37.000
contact
54
00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:41.680
from there. And then it's gonna take five or ten balls just to even find the
55
00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:46.240
ground. In fact, before hitting the golf ball I would recommend trying to hit
56
00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:51.560
the ground. If you're used to kind of a clunky contact like this and then you
57
00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:56.440
start adding this piece, oftentimes what you'll find is you'll have a hard time
58
00:03:56.440 --> 00:04:00.160
hitting the ground if you're still standing up. So it's a good kind of bridge
59
00:04:00.160 --> 00:04:05.160
drill for working on getting this really good transition and then requiring you
60
00:04:05.160 --> 00:04:10.640
to stay in better posture through the hit. So you can do it with or without
61
00:04:10.640 --> 00:04:10.960
balls
62
00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:15.780
and your goal is to kind of do this broken transition and then go and then
63
00:04:15.780 --> 00:04:22.120
work your way into making it as as one movement as you can. This has been one
64
00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:22.280
of
65
00:04:22.280 --> 00:04:26.080
my more helpful drills for helping people really learn how to shallow out this
66
00:04:26.080 --> 00:04:30.330
club during transition. So you're gonna keep your hands up high as the club
67
00:04:30.330 --> 00:04:30.560
goes
68
00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:34.640
low and most of this lowering is gonna come from what the body is doing,
69
00:04:34.640 --> 00:04:39.080
not by pulling down with the arms. So hopefully that helps you with your
70
00:04:39.080 --> 00:04:41.920
transition issues.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.040
This drill is hand-high, club-low in transition, so a lot of golfers struggle
2
00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:11.700
with this concept of shallowing out the club in transition, and from the arm's
3
00:00:11.700 --> 00:00:15.320
point of view, shallowing out the club in transition does a whole lot of really
4
00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:19.600
good things for the golf swing. Chris Como, Dr. Kwan, but Chris Como is the
5
00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:19.760
first
6
00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:24.200
person who kind of explained it to me. He has a great video on YouTube with
7
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Sasha McKenzie talking about this hand path that we talk about. So in order to
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set up that hand path, you need to have this shallowing move from the arms in
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transition. And all that means is let's say that my hands are going to be
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pulling
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kind of on a line like this, right? Well, so if I have this club here, my hands
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were going like this, then the club head would be on a slightly shallower line
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like so. And what'll happen is if this club is on a slightly shallower line,
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and you build up all this speed and then you kind of pull in or your body goes
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into that bracing that I talk about, it will cause that club to want to line up
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and it actually helps square the club face. So if you're having a trouble with
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getting steep in transition and hitting pulls or fades or fat shots, this can
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be
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a big piece of the puzzle. So a lot of golfers struggle with these arms
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basically going like this. If I take my body out of it, the arms basically
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going
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like this in transition. So what we're trying to do is have them go more like
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this. Now if you notice, when I do so, my hands pretty much stay in place and
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the
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club head drops closer to the ground or low. As opposed to if I was to pull my
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hands down, the club head stayed high and my hands got low. So this is kind of
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the
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the sister drill to the down versus out because a lot of golfers have been
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taught or told to pull down on the handle and unfortunately that can create
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the steepening of the arm path and then you'll have to do some stuff with your
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body in order to try to shallow it out. Whether that would be kind of standing
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up or releasing your wrist. Those were two big kind of shallowing moves that
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will accompany usually the steep transition. So similar to a pump drill, I'm
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just
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going to let the club almost try to get horizontal and a lot of golfers have a
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have trouble kind of visualizing this because it doesn't look like a golfer
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does that. Now if I do that same movement but so there's the hand staying
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high and I'm basically just taking my left arm and dumping it like this or I'm
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taking my right shoulder and bringing it more in front of my chest. Kind of
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like
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that. So a lot of golfers will say well it doesn't look like they do that on TV
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and I'll say yes but the reason it doesn't look that is because their pivot is
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very different. So because they're increasing their flex, they're kind of
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bringing their chest slightly closer to the ground as they go into this kind of
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rotational phase right. If I was to have my arms steep during that it would
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bring
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the club way out here. So if I do that movement and have a very good body
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movement, the club ends up looking like it's moving on plane. So the club
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itself may not look that different compared to the golf ball but it'll look
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very different compared to your body. So the way that I tend to have golfers
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start with this is using more of a broken transition. So they'll go up, drop it
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down to there and then see if they can find a way to make somewhat solid
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contact
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from there. And then it's gonna take five or ten balls just to even find the
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ground. In fact, before hitting the golf ball I would recommend trying to hit
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the ground. If you're used to kind of a clunky contact like this and then you
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start adding this piece, oftentimes what you'll find is you'll have a hard time
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hitting the ground if you're still standing up. So it's a good kind of bridge
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drill for working on getting this really good transition and then requiring you
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to stay in better posture through the hit. So you can do it with or without
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balls
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and your goal is to kind of do this broken transition and then go and then
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work your way into making it as as one movement as you can. This has been one
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of
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my more helpful drills for helping people really learn how to shallow out this
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club during transition. So you're gonna keep your hands up high as the club
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goes
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low and most of this lowering is gonna come from what the body is doing,
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not by pulling down with the arms. So hopefully that helps you with your
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transition issues.
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